Re: [Official!] Project Horizons Comment Crew Chat thread.

[Frost]

Don't even lie to me by saying you didn't read that and think "plasma gun"

[Harmony Ltd.]

I will not lie, this came to my mind.

Just as they were talking about self-sustaining balls of plasma traveling in the atmosphere.

Though I'm not sure this is going to be useful as a weapon system quite yet.


Anyway, do you have a link to the paper Swicked, or should I try to find it myself ?

[Harmony Ltd.]

Cripes.

Okay then.

[Harmony Ltd.]

Why is searching for random bibliography such a pain in the ass ?

Why ?

[Frost]

So, I've been wondering about what life for America would be like had the nation been founded and established by Vikings instead of Europeans. And the more I think about it, the more I depress myself because I don't live there.

One nation, under Odin.

In Thor we trust

Try to rob someone? Axe to the face.

Second Amendment simply reads "good luck taking them, fag"

[StoneSlinger88]

Since any discussion of vikings needs some Frank Frazetta. Welcome to Alaska, motherfucker.

Spoiler:

[Guest]

Driving to final exam testing site.
Traffic is entirely stopped with multiple helecopters coming down to some place a few miles down the road.
I'm trapped between trucks.

Dammit :(

Dem feels. Been there, man, I have been there. Another stupid thing - why the hell did the AP French (or possibly the French SATs) exam require you to bring in a CD player... in goddamn 2010? WHAT HIGHSCHOOLER OWNED A CD PLAYER IN 2010?! (Yep, still irritated about that) Hope you make it to your exam okay, anyway!

[Valikdu]

[Harmony Ltd.]

[Harmony Ltd.]

That's incredibly cool :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx_vWkv50uk

[Harmony Ltd.]

Love the way the floppy drives can be considered as Cellos / Contrabass as far as the way they are played count.

[Kippershy]

It's so weird watching everyone around me crumble and fall because of one man's suicide, yet I stand tall amongst the ashes of it all.
It's not because I didn't like the guy, I did.
I have respect for him even still.

I just... I may not know his exact reasons, despite my presumptions, but I know what was going through his mind. Staring into death's eyes, coaxing it to take you... it leaves you changed.


Everyone else is breaking down and crying, finding it hard to continue. Me? I just understand, I understand how it felt for him and what it takes, what he wanted and why he did it.

I could never wish for it to have happened, but I don't feel the sorrow others do. Does this make me a terrible person, or is it okay to simply not be phased?

[Harmony Ltd.]

I don't think this makes you a bad person, no. You simply have a deep empathy for the guy's situation and this influence your feelings toward the situation.

So, I take it you have more or less confirmation that it was a suicide, then ?

[StoneSlinger88]

It's so weird watching everyone around me crumble and fall because of one man's suicide, yet I stand tall amongst the ashes of it all.
It's not because I didn't like the guy, I did.
I have respect for him even still.

I just... I may not know his exact reasons, despite my presumptions, but I know what was going through his mind. Staring into death's eyes, coaxing it to take you... it leaves you changed.


Everyone else is breaking down and crying, finding it hard to continue. Me? I just understand, I understand how it felt for him and what it takes, what he wanted and why he did it.

I could never wish for it to have happened, but I don't feel the sorrow others do. Does this make me a terrible person, or is it okay to simply not be phased?

Sometimes it's just better to accept what happened, and move on. There's nothing you can do for the dead. But there's always something you can do for the living, and that's something worth living for. "We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. Human beings are like that." --Charlie Chaplin

[Harmony Ltd.]

I see I'm not the only one to have that speech almost burned in my memory. :D

[Kippershy]

I too have that speech rooted deep in my mind. It's the most powerful speech I can think of, out of any.

It's no wonder Charlie Chaplin spent a month doing nothing but writing and rewriting that speech to have the maximum effect from every word. Every single word has its place in that speech, and every word carries more meaning than it could have ever imagined otherwise.


I know it's healthy not to obsess over things you can't change, so it's good that I'm not, but it does make me wonder if I'm wrong in not feeling the same as others seem to.

[Harmony Ltd.]

You just come from a different place than them, metaphorically speaking. So it's normal for you to not react the same.

Asking if it's wrong for you to feel differently than them basically translate into asking yourself if having been subjected to things no one should makes you a bad person.


You know, basically victim-blaming yourself.

[Moodyman90]

I find there always needs to be one person to be the solid pillar when stuff like that happens. One who can hold it together, no matter the reason.

Though problems come when it's expected of you and a situation comes along when for once you need somebody else to be the solid pillar for you.

[Kippershy]

You just come from a different place than them, metaphorically speaking. So it's normal for you to not react the same.

Asking if it's wrong for you to feel differently than them basically translate into asking yourself if having been subjected to things no one should makes you a bad person.


You know, basically victim-blaming yourself.

True,. thanks for making me not feel like I'm heartless.

I find there always needs to be one person to be the
solid pillar when stuff like that happens. One who can hold it
together, no matter the reason.

Though problems come when it's
expected of you and a situation comes along when for once you need
somebody else to be the solid pillar for you.

Also very true. I've been the guy going around and offering everyone someone to talk to if they need it. I'm the only person one person has been willing to talk to as well.
I noticed she didn't look too good and since I usually talk to her and ask her how she's doing anyway, I asked. She asked if I wanted to hear what she's told everyone else or if I want to know the actual truth, and of course I said I'd always rather hear the truth unless she'd rather not talk.

Spent half an hour comforting her while also telling her manager to fuck off because she was working, I wasn't when I should have been and the fact that she needed me came first. He was astounded to find me saying that, but actually took it pretty well and realised I had a point.

I had to be the pillar for three people in total today, so yeah, you're right. There is a need for someone like me, I just hadn't considered that.

[Guest]

@Kipper
I think that, for a lot of people, they just can't understand it, and never thought they'd know someone in that state of mind, and that's horrifying and shocking. Whereas if you can empathize, if you've been there, it's different. Couple that with some people just reacting differently to tragedy, and the fact that you've probably seen enough of it to help you deal with it better, and yeah. You're definitely not heartless.

[Harmony Ltd.]

To go with what Cobalt said, and even if I know it's not the same, as an exercise in perspective imagine people working in Emergency Services in hospitals, or Firemen. Imagine all the shit they see everyday.

Would people call them heartless because they aren't (externally) emotional shipwrecks from all of that ?


I guess a way to put it is, when you're in a sea of shit, it's pretty much sink or swim.

[Kippershy]

Thanks for being awesome you two.
*grabs you and huggles you both tight as a reward*

[Moodyman90]

This is why I love this fandom and this site, we are here for each other as best we can be.

And the fact there are people who can say what I want to say, but in a smarter, better worded way.

Edit: Say not stay. Oh god now I have to go back and make sure I didn't type anything stupid for my papers due tomorrow.

[Frost]

I'm not the best at making folks feel better, so....*waves awkwardly*

[Kippershy]

I think I'll have a drink in his honour tomorrow.
Not to the point of getting slaughtered or anything, just the one.
/random crap

[Moodyman90]

Hey man, it's a plan.
I don't drink but I can agree with you doing that.

[Ironmonger]

I have trouble understanding some of this stuff so...
>tackle-hugs Kipper.

Attack of the mini-hulk!

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

waffles that is all

[Ironmonger]

waffles that is all

Leggo my eggo, you son of a bitch.

I will find you.

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

bring it on! you know what this is!? Its buttered syrup, maple syrup thats right, I managed to make a syrup with butter in it no artificial crap, I'll pour it on these waffles man, I'll do it!

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